Analysis of Shamoon Virus

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kkrishnaat July 22,2015I think the video was very interesting. Obviously, the private sector really doesn't invest in a great deal in cybersecurity. In this case, they benefitted from the authorities not making it public. On the other hand, recent breaches at Target or Home Depot have made headlines and led to bad publicity for these public relations. I think that companies will now need to invest in cybersecurity in a larger fashion. Target lost a lot of money and took a huge hit by not investing in an effective cybersecurity framework.

kkrishnaat July 22,2015I think the video was very interesting. Obviously, the private sector really doesn't invest in a great deal in cybersecurity. In this case, they benefitted from the authorities not making it public. On the other hand, recent breaches at Target or Home Depot have made headlines and led to bad publicity for these public relations. I think that companies will now need to invest in cybersecurity in a larger fashion. Target lost a lot of money and took a huge hit by not investing in an effective cybersecurity framework.

hpasekovat July 22,2015Just by driving by a store, Gonzales hacks into the store’s computer system and steals a large amount of credit card numbers. It sounds so easy as going to a store and buying a loaf of bread. Probably at that time, computer systems did not have a strong protection. Because of people like Gonzales, stores have much better computer system security these days.

hanna88at September 04,2015Along the lines of hpasekov's comment, unfortunately it seems that hacks and breaches almost need to take place in order for security to improve on all of these systems. It's amazing what an exponentially greater threat cyber criminals can be compared to those who physically commit the same types of crimes. Gonzales scoring upwards of 100 million dollars compared to the average bank robbery of a few thousand? No surprise that cyber crime is on the rise. Scary!

brober15at September 09,2015I was surprised to learn that the Target and Neiman Marcus attacks were revealed by a security researcher, not the companies themselves. And the outrage stemmed from the delay in disclosing the hacks, not being the victim of one. We may be at the point where the reputational damage from not promptly notifying the public of a large-scale breach outweighs the hit from being attacked. Even though most enterprises still have a long way to go to improve their cybersecurity frameworks, the public understands that these things will eventually happen if an attacker is determined enough. People just want to know so they can protect themselves. Like some other parts of life, it's not the crime but the cover-up that stings. There is actually no federal law requiring disclosure of a breach, although some Representatives have tried to get one passed without success in the last few years. That's not to say the federal government has no tools at its disposal; earlier this year the FCC fined AT&T $25m for failing to prevent the theft of customer data.